Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says she was “unequivocal” with her Chinese counterpart that Canada will not tolerate foreign interference amid recent reports on Beijing’s alleged election meddling.
“Canada will never tolerate any form of foreign interference in our democracy and internal affairs by China,” Joly said in a March 3 statement that was also posted on her Twitter account.
“We will never accept any breach of our territorial integrity and sovereignty; we will never accept any breach by Chinese diplomats of the Vienna Convention on Canada’s soil.”
Joy said she was “direct, firm and unequivocal” with her Chinese counterpart Qin Gang when they held a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi, India….